Junius
Junius was given to 11 boys in 2025, #7,404 among boys’ names; 5,373 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,440 Americans named Junius and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (27% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 40 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Junius by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Junius?
#7,404 among boys’ names, 2025
Junius rose from #8,354 in 2015 to #7,404 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 4.7 to 6.4 per million.
151 babies in 1920, the peak
Junius peaked in 1920, when 151 boys were given it, #490 among boys’ names. The 11 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,404 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 5 | #13,206 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,399 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #13,043 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #10,044 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,909 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 6 | #11,442 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,255 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #10,189 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,354 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #13,020 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,805 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,495 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,409 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,534 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,410 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,441 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #10,312 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,708 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,383 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,857 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,481 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,300 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,198 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #7,097 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,494 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #6,052 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,462 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #6,238 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,370 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 7 | #7,341 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,120 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,833 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,340 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,864 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,397 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,609 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,850 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,756 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,300 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,189 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,530 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,767 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,731 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,188 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,839 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,989 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,287 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,143 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,321 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 22 | #2,022 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,784 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 21 | #2,013 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,766 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,660 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,662 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,584 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,631 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,284 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,419 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 30 | #1,440 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,495 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,228 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,568 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,287 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,463 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,306 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,271 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,028 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,142 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,177 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,188 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,102 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 64 | #858 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,000 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 62 | #869 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 55 | #962 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 47 | #993 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,110 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 46 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 58 | #879 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 60 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,081 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 43 | #988 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 46 | #920 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 50 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 59 | #805 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 54 | #828 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 53 | #864 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 73 | #721 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 74 | #701 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 71 | #743 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 79 | #674 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 81 | #694 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 108 | #575 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 110 | #591 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 112 | #586 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 130 | #537 | 0.12 |
| 1925 | 149 | #499 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 132 | #551 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 126 | #551 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 133 | #545 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 127 | #560 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 151 | #490 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 121 | #544 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 127 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 115 | #546 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 139 | #482 | 0.16 |
| 1915 | 116 | #519 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 83 | #541 | 0.13 |
| 1913 | 71 | #510 | 0.14 |
| 1912 | 61 | #504 | 0.14 |
| 1911 | 34 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1910 | 42 | #418 | 0.22 |
| 1909 | 32 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 36 | #391 | 0.23 |
| 1907 | 31 | #411 | 0.21 |
| 1906 | 23 | #469 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 22 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1904 | 24 | #440 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 13 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 23 | #432 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 22 | #401 | 0.21 |
| 1900 | 32 | #397 | 0.21 |
| 1899 | 25 | #370 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 20 | #463 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 18 | #466 | 0.16 |
| 1896 | 31 | #346 | 0.26 |
| 1895 | 23 | #405 | 0.20 |
| 1894 | 28 | #344 | 0.24 |
| 1893 | 23 | #378 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 29 | #350 | 0.24 |
| 1891 | 26 | #336 | 0.26 |
| 1890 | 16 | #473 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 16 | #475 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 15 | #514 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 15 | #445 | 0.15 |
| 1886 | 13 | #527 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 11 | #588 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 16 | #479 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 20 | #388 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 23 | #374 | 0.20 |
| 1881 | 22 | #357 | 0.22 |
| 1880 | 22 | #367 | 0.20 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Junius a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Junius has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Junius: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Junius, and how old are they?
1,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 27% of the 5,373 Americans ever recorded as Junius. The median Junius alive today is 61 years old; half are between 40 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 1,357 people named Junius (17 women and girls, 1,340 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,688 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 178 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 508 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 309 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 196 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 149 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 92 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Junius born?
The states with the most babies named Junius are Louisiana, Virginia and North Carolina, with 87% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Virginia are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 1,030 | not ranked | 10.8× |
| Virginia | 841 | not ranked | 7.5× |
| North Carolina | 597 | not ranked | 3.9× |
| South Carolina | 183 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| New York | 39 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Mississippi | 35 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Arkansas | 27 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Kentucky | 24 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 21 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 19 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Junius is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Junius is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 10.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Junius with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 7,138 babies since 1880, Junius is the most given (75% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Junius
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Junius and names like it
- Compare Junius and JuniousBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sJunius peaked in 1920.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Junius since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Junius.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Junius alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.